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what we need in the united states is not division. what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness. but it is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another, feeling of justice towards those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black. [applause] amy goodman: that was robert kennedy in indianapolis, breaking the news to so many. john lewis, you were there. rep. john lewis: i cried, with so many other people. and i said to myself, "we still have bobby." i went back to atlanta, attended the funeral with robert kennedy and hundreds and thousands of others. after the funeral was over, i got back in the kennedy campaign, went to oregon and later to california. i campaigned for bobby kennedy with cÉsar chÁvez. it was a wonderful effort. we went all over los angeles, going into wealthy neighborhoods, knocking on doors, urging people to vote for bobby. and that evening the primary was over, bobby kennedy came up to me and said, "john, i'm going downstairs to make my victory statem
what we need in the united states is not division. what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness. but it is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another, feeling of justice towards those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black. [applause] amy goodman: that was robert kennedy in indianapolis, breaking the news to so many. john lewis, you were there. rep. john lewis: i cried, with...
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we felt the united states, our fellow citizens, needed to know why latinos had come to the united states. the real reasons, the root causes of immigration. in just about all the cases when you look at history, you see clearly that are different ways of migration are connected to actions the united states took in our countries. in different times for different reasons, but it is very consistent throughout history, this connection between our foreign policy and immigration. >> juan, i mean, the first day of the democratic convention in charlotte, a bus pulled up in front of the gates, the undocubus, and scores of people got out chanting "no papers, no fear." 10 were arrested as police poured in. immigration is one of the key issues of this election, yet you do not have presidential candidates who have a vastly differenprbecoming an issue, non the big cities like new york, l.a., miami, but in the heartland of america, especially in the south. in north carolina, for instance, there's been a huge increase of the latino population. but most people do not understand how they got there. it is a
we felt the united states, our fellow citizens, needed to know why latinos had come to the united states. the real reasons, the root causes of immigration. in just about all the cases when you look at history, you see clearly that are different ways of migration are connected to actions the united states took in our countries. in different times for different reasons, but it is very consistent throughout history, this connection between our foreign policy and immigration. >> juan, i mean,...
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. >> i have made it clear that the united states government had nothing to do with this video. i believe its message must be rejected. it is an insult not only to muslims but to america as well. in 2012, at a time when anyone with a cell phone can spread offensive views are around the world with the click of a button, the notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete. how do we respond? on this, we must agree there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. >> he also addressed ongoing tensions with iran. saying he hopes to resolve the nuclear standoff through diplomacy. >> just as it restricts the rights of its own people, the government continues to prop up a dictator in damascus and supports terrorist units abroad. it has failed to take the opportunity to demonstrate that its nuclear program is peaceful. let me be clear. america wants to resolve this issue. we believe there is still time and space to do so. >> secretary general ban ki moon opened the general assembly with an appeal to end the bloodshed in syria. he also criticized israel for ongoing expa
. >> i have made it clear that the united states government had nothing to do with this video. i believe its message must be rejected. it is an insult not only to muslims but to america as well. in 2012, at a time when anyone with a cell phone can spread offensive views are around the world with the click of a button, the notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete. how do we respond? on this, we must agree there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. >>...
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states but of the sovereign states of the united states. elites to the core of states' rights on olive back to folks in the 1950's -- it is the core states' rights that goes all the way back to folks in the 1950's. the extreme agenda that went to all levels of government. health care, guns, education. >> i want to turn to jan brewer. in june, the supreme court issued its long-awaited ruling s.b. 1070, striking down three of the loss codger provisions that subject undocumented immigrants to criminal penalties for seeking work or failing to carry immigration papers at all times. in each case, the majority said those powers rest with the federal government, not with arizona. however, in a unanimous decision, the justices upheld the law's controversial section 2 b, which requires police to check the immigration status of people they stop before releasing them. arizona's republican governor jan brewer hailed the decision to uphold what she called the heart of the law. >> today is a day when the key components of our efforts to protect the citize
states but of the sovereign states of the united states. elites to the core of states' rights on olive back to folks in the 1950's -- it is the core states' rights that goes all the way back to folks in the 1950's. the extreme agenda that went to all levels of government. health care, guns, education. >> i want to turn to jan brewer. in june, the supreme court issued its long-awaited ruling s.b. 1070, striking down three of the loss codger provisions that subject undocumented immigrants...
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he was a member of the united states paralympic soccer team in 1996 and 2004. he helped draft the u.n. convention on the rights of persons with disabilities in 2003, and is still recognized as a leader in the field today. eco directs the sport and society fellowship at brown university. talk about what happened in london. >> thank you for having me. london was a very powerful moment, a benchmark time for thinking about the paralympics and people with disabilities in sports, and particular with regard to the u.s., a wake-up call. there is a moment to realize that people with disabilities are the next wave, that they can be visible within the sports culture, with in society, globally and in the u.s. coming back, obviously excited, but also a challenge for us to keep the movement going. >> explain what the various sporting events were in london, what we did not see, who competed. >> the paralympics is a range of athletes with physical disabilities and also high-level athletes with competent disabilities as well. the aspect of the games is to see all these sports.
he was a member of the united states paralympic soccer team in 1996 and 2004. he helped draft the u.n. convention on the rights of persons with disabilities in 2003, and is still recognized as a leader in the field today. eco directs the sport and society fellowship at brown university. talk about what happened in london. >> thank you for having me. london was a very powerful moment, a benchmark time for thinking about the paralympics and people with disabilities in sports, and particular...
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. >> when your president of the united states, your president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you. you have heard the president say so many times, because he deeply believes in it, that we are in this together, all of us. the president certainly does not think that men and women on social security are irresponsible or victims, that students are not responsible or victims. he certainly does not give middle-class families are paying too little in taxes. >> we will have more on the romney tape later in the broadcast, speaking with pulitzer prize-winning journalist david cay johnston. the united nations arab league envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi has wrapped up his first visit to the country since taking over from kofi annan. speaking tuesday in jordan, he said the situation on the ground in syria is getting worse by the day. >> the situation is very bad. it is worsening, not improving. syrians on both sides say from time to time we're going to win very soon, and three months or two months. i do not think it is true. i do not think any side is winning out or any time
. >> when your president of the united states, your president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you. you have heard the president say so many times, because he deeply believes in it, that we are in this together, all of us. the president certainly does not think that men and women on social security are irresponsible or victims, that students are not responsible or victims. he certainly does not give middle-class families are paying too little in taxes. >> we will...
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. >> the united states of alec. a special bill moyers report and how the secretive american adjusted exchange council has helped corporate america propose and even draft legislation for states across the country. >> i was stunned at the notion that politicians and corporate representatives were voting behind closed doors on these changes to the law before they were introduced in state houses across the country. >> as the yen and the states declares wikileaks founder julian assange to be an enemy of the state, we will air is addressed to the united nations from inside the ecuadorean embassy in london where he has been holed up for the past 100 days. >> it is time for the u.s. to cease the persecution of wikileaks, to cease its persecution of our people, and to cease its persecution of our sources. >> we will play julian assange's address and speak to his attorney michael ratner. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. anti-austerity protes
. >> the united states of alec. a special bill moyers report and how the secretive american adjusted exchange council has helped corporate america propose and even draft legislation for states across the country. >> i was stunned at the notion that politicians and corporate representatives were voting behind closed doors on these changes to the law before they were introduced in state houses across the country. >> as the yen and the states declares wikileaks founder julian...
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states that sell a lot of stuff in asia that have manufacturing facilities in the u.s. that is just an excuse for them to accept the plan the chinese government built for them in china. >> you had to train your own workers, truck or rather the workers that will replace you. >> they brought in engineering people that will train the workers, the factory workers, the everyday workers in china. >> last response from the mayor, what do say two other mayors around the country who are facing these kind of factory plant closers with the -- closures with jobs been sent to china? >> president obama said the mayors have the feed on the ground to get things done. freeport is the home of the lincoln douglas debate site. we have invited both sides, governor romney and president obama, to debate and freeport to us like newt gingrich suggested in republican primaries. we sent letters to governor romney and call the campaign headquarters. it would be a perfect opportunity for him, the architect of who mastered how this in jobs overseas, to come here and reverse the trend. it is a perfec
states that sell a lot of stuff in asia that have manufacturing facilities in the u.s. that is just an excuse for them to accept the plan the chinese government built for them in china. >> you had to train your own workers, truck or rather the workers that will replace you. >> they brought in engineering people that will train the workers, the factory workers, the everyday workers in china. >> last response from the mayor, what do say two other mayors around the country who...
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states. late last week the obama administration asked an appeals court for an emergency stay of a lower court ruling striking down a controversial statute that gave the government power to indefinitely detain anyone it considered a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial. judge katherine forced had ruled the national defense authorization act, or ndaa, cannot be used to hold people in indefinite military detention on suspicion of having substantially supported al qaeda or its allies. for more on these stories, and for michigan, the home of both mitt romney and his father who was governor here, we're joined now by marcy wheeler. she is an investigative blogger who runs emptywheel.net. start off by talking about guantanamo and what happened to this prisoner. >> adnan latif is a yemeni who was born in 1980. in 1994, he had a head injury that crack is skull. he went to jordan for medical treatment. he is corporate he kept trying to figure out how he could get this debilita
states. late last week the obama administration asked an appeals court for an emergency stay of a lower court ruling striking down a controversial statute that gave the government power to indefinitely detain anyone it considered a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial. judge katherine forced had ruled the national defense authorization act, or ndaa, cannot be used to hold people in indefinite military detention on suspicion of having substantially supported al qaeda...
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meanwhile at the united nations to carry council, the united states and other western countries condemned iran for supplying weapons to the syrian government. this is the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. >> iran's arms exports to the murderous al-assad regime in syria are a particular concern. as a panel of experts has concluded, syria it is now the "central party" to iranian arms transfers. states in the region must therefore worked together and redouble their efforts to deny, inspect, and seized illicit iranian shipments including transfers via air corridors in line with the cargo inspection provisions of sicker because the resolution 1929. >> to the secretary leon panetta has announced last of the more than 30,000 troops that entered afghanistan following president obama's orders for a surge in 2009 have left the country. leon panetta claimed the surge accomplished its mission of curbing the taliban's momentum and bolstering afghan security forces. nearly 70,000 u.s. troops remain in afghanistan amidst ongoing violence there, including so- called green on blue attacks
meanwhile at the united nations to carry council, the united states and other western countries condemned iran for supplying weapons to the syrian government. this is the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. >> iran's arms exports to the murderous al-assad regime in syria are a particular concern. as a panel of experts has concluded, syria it is now the "central party" to iranian arms transfers. states in the region must therefore worked together and redouble their...
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it is one of the reasons why the united states has become so unequal. it is one of the reasons why we have the 99% versus the 1%. a lot of this has happened through public policy. nevertheless, the complex dynamics that movement can create in everyday life is useful, helpful to have an elected regime that has to worry about the people that are allied with the movement, that has to worry about those motor blocks, like the liberals in the civil rights movement, for example. that is to lyndon johnson was worried about when he responded ultimately to the civil-rights movement by echoing, we shall overcome, in one of his speeches. it was not just because of a dialogue with the movement that occurred before the election. it was because the movement was so forceful and disruptive, that civil rights movement, that it polarize the country. lyndon johnson could not take the chance of being on the side of what was becoming a minority white, southern bloc. >> the occupy movements, do you see encampments happening again? >> it does not look like it, necessarily. act
it is one of the reasons why the united states has become so unequal. it is one of the reasons why we have the 99% versus the 1%. a lot of this has happened through public policy. nevertheless, the complex dynamics that movement can create in everyday life is useful, helpful to have an elected regime that has to worry about the people that are allied with the movement, that has to worry about those motor blocks, like the liberals in the civil rights movement, for example. that is to lyndon...
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chairman, and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> republican presidential nominee mitt romney delivers his acceptance address and the last nine of the republican national convention. -- on the last night of the republican national convention. >> i can guarantee you this, it barack obama is reelected, you'll be right. >> mitt romney's speech was seen as the most important of his political life. but it may have been overshadowed by the republicans mystery speaker who turned out to the actor and director clint eastwood. >> i would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. something i think is very important is that you, we -- we own this country. [applause] >> the justice department dropped its investigation of cia interrogators for their role in the deaths of prisoners in iraq and afghanistan. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. mitt romney accepted the republican presidential nomination thursday night with a vow to revive the u.s. economy and a plea to voters disappoin
chairman, and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> republican presidential nominee mitt romney delivers his acceptance address and the last nine of the republican national convention. -- on the last night of the republican national convention. >> i can guarantee you this, it barack obama is reelected, you'll be right. >> mitt romney's speech was seen as the most important of his political life. but it may have been overshadowed by the...
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we went mostly through the south of the united states. we went from phoenix to new mexico, texas, louisiana, alabama, georgia, tennessee, and north carolina. these are some of the states were the harshest anti-immigrant laws have been passed, where a lot of community members, particularly those undocumented that do not have support, and we felt the message of having those papers and having no fear has not reached all of the communities. >> i saw you kissing the protesters just before they were arrested. can you talk about your relationship? >> my entire family is in there. my father, my mother, and my sister were all arrested today. they are all undocumented. >> what does this mean as undocumented immigrants to be arrested? what could this mean for them? >> we're in a country that collaborates with immigration and customs enforcement. we read an article that says the sheriff would do his job as he said and turned anyone undocumented over to immigration customs enforcement. then i have to find out whether i.c.e. pick them up or not. from w
we went mostly through the south of the united states. we went from phoenix to new mexico, texas, louisiana, alabama, georgia, tennessee, and north carolina. these are some of the states were the harshest anti-immigrant laws have been passed, where a lot of community members, particularly those undocumented that do not have support, and we felt the message of having those papers and having no fear has not reached all of the communities. >> i saw you kissing the protesters just before they...
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and the united states is complicit because it backs is from a matter what. i think this is corrupting, especially for our young people to see, that justice in this case is never even thought about. >> you make comparisons to the south >> my family was a poor farming family and we lived under absolute segregation. although, even though the hotels and motels and restaurants and the water fountains -- all those things are segregated -- but we did not have segregated roads, which you do have in the occupied territories. roads that only jewish settlers can use and palestinians have these tracks, these little paths obstructed by boulders. and that is how they are supposed to move around for the most part. in the and fairness of its is so much like -- and the unfairness of it is so much like the south, 50 years ago, really, and more brittle because in palestine, selling more people are wounded, shot, killed, in prisons. there are thousands of palestinians in prison virtually for no reason. >> to phyllite public opinion is changing in the u.s.? >> i do feel public o
and the united states is complicit because it backs is from a matter what. i think this is corrupting, especially for our young people to see, that justice in this case is never even thought about. >> you make comparisons to the south >> my family was a poor farming family and we lived under absolute segregation. although, even though the hotels and motels and restaurants and the water fountains -- all those things are segregated -- but we did not have segregated roads, which you do...
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no act of violence shakes the result of the united states of america. >> republican presidential nominee mitt romney meanwhile continues to be criticized by remarks he made attacking president obama over his handling of the violence in libya. a protester interrupted romney's speech in fairfax, virginia to accuse him of criticism sizing -- politicizing libya. >> we have lost four of our diplomats across the world where we are thinking about their families and those left behind. what is it? >> [indiscernible] what are you politicizing libya? >> usa! >> usa! >> i would offer a moment of silence, but one gentleman does not want to be silent, so we're going to keep on going. >> romney supporters drowned the protester out with chants of "usa!." the disruption comes as romney faces criticism for using the violence in libya to accuse the obama administration of sympathizing with the attackers. romney's criticism centered on a statement from the u.s. embassy in cairo that was actually released before the attacks. following the disruption on thursday, romney went on to criticize obama's for policy
no act of violence shakes the result of the united states of america. >> republican presidential nominee mitt romney meanwhile continues to be criticized by remarks he made attacking president obama over his handling of the violence in libya. a protester interrupted romney's speech in fairfax, virginia to accuse him of criticism sizing -- politicizing libya. >> we have lost four of our diplomats across the world where we are thinking about their families and those left behind. what...
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states. writing in "the new york times," journalist and author kurt eichenwald reports the bush administration dismissed a number of warnings of an al qaeda attack in u.s. beginning in the spring of 2001, instead focusing on saddam hussein. in one assessment, eichenwald writes -- some counterterrorism officials were so dismayed with the administration's response that they discussed seeking a transfer so that others would be blamed when the attack on the u.s. eventually took place. the suggestion was dismissed because there would not be enough time to train replacements. the u.s. military has disclosed a guantanamo prisoner died over the weekend in his cell. the victim's identity has not been released, but he is said to have taken part in a hunger strike in the prison earlier this year. he is believed to be the ninth foreign prisoner to die at guantanamo since the u.s. began jailing foreigners there in 2002. several prisoners have taken their own lives. the u.n.'s top human rights official has
states. writing in "the new york times," journalist and author kurt eichenwald reports the bush administration dismissed a number of warnings of an al qaeda attack in u.s. beginning in the spring of 2001, instead focusing on saddam hussein. in one assessment, eichenwald writes -- some counterterrorism officials were so dismayed with the administration's response that they discussed seeking a transfer so that others would be blamed when the attack on the u.s. eventually took place. the...